The Galactic Empire subjugated the peoples of Gulma, shipping the Gulmarid off as experimental fodder for Mir Tork and Leonis Murthé. The planet was stripped of its natural resources, and left to rot as a barren, uninhabitable wasteland. When the New Republic came to power, it managed to free many Gulmarid from the Azgoghk, returning them to their homeworld - though they soon found Gulma was no longer capable of supporting life.